I wrote myself a note yesterday;
as a sort of... reminder.
but not my usual, trivial note.
I scribbled it absent-mindedly.
When I read over it:
it was like I stepped on a small stone...
a quick, sharp pain
It was not like:
"empty the bin" or
"do homework"
This reminder came as a
soul-shattering question,
the type your heart runs
away from
and your tears...
your tears are drawn to it
I read it – over and over –
and felt my burn.
It burnt like something
was beung engraved onto it...
a reminder
And it bled.
god, how it bled.
Drop
after
drop
of blood leaves with
pieces
of me.Emptying what is already empty
draining.But,
leaving behind
the reminder.I strained my eyes
to read over the words burnt
onto my skin as a slave would have:Are you happy?